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Abstract
A comparative discussion of the gendered implications of cash-for-care schemes: markets, independence and social citizenship in crisis? Social Policy & Administration, 43(6), 634-648 Shutes, I. & Chiatti, C. (2012) Migrant labour and the marketisation of care for older people: The employment of migrant care workers by families and service providers.
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